The Board denied service connection for the Veteran's claimed conditions, including right shoulder disability, headaches, bilateral leg disability, chronic fatigue syndrome, obstructive sleep apnea, and depression. The decision found that new evidence did not establish a current disability for some of these claims.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not meet the criteria to establish a current disability for some of the conditions, including chronic fatigue syndrome which was found to be a symptom of service-connected anemia.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Shoulder Disability, Headaches, Bilateral Leg Disability, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 30, 2015
- Citation
- 1542282
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- Remanded (sent back)
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